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SecKC - January 2026

  • Knuckleheads Garage 701 North Montgall Avenue Kansas City, MO, 64120 United States (map)

New Year, Same SecKC!

HAKCER JEOPARDY APPLICATION FORM: NOW CLOSED

https://forms.gle/HcmYhbrB7xtMPzpg7

WHERE: Knuckleheads Garage - 701 North Montgall Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64120 United States

If you haven’t been to Knuckleheads or want to make sure you’re not stuck on the wrong side of the train, check out the venue info page!

Register

5:00 - 6:00    Make excuses / pre-drinking

6:00 - 6:05    SPEEEEED ROUND!!! SecKC 101 / announcements / Welcome to SecKC - @zuul

6:05 - 6:10    SPEEEEED ROUND!!! NEWS! - @TBD

6:15 - 6:45    Hackers are Neither Created Nor Destroyed - @Jeff Man

How did the NSA identify hackers before cybersecurity degrees existed? They looked for aptitude, not just credentials.

Jeff Man shares how he was recruited into the NSA's first Red Team based on logic puzzles and pattern recognition rather than a computer science background. This talk explores the "Hacker Mindset"—what it is, how to spot it, and why the industry needs to stop filtering out brilliant minds simply because they don't fit the standard mold.

6:55 - 9:00    HAKCER JEOPARDY!!!! - @lintile

YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT!! THE ONE AND THE ONLY LINTILE IS COMING OUT TO JOIN US FOR A VERY SECKC EDITION OF HACKER JEOPARDY!

WE’LL HAVE 3 TEAMS OF 3 - PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TEAM’S APPLICATION AT (NOW CLOSED) https://forms.gle/HcmYhbrB7xtMPzpg7

Don’t know what hacker jeopardy is?? Look it up!! Its a great time of pure, entertaining chaos!

Something about hot dog eating in place of the beers-for-points system? TBD AF, don’t count on free dawgs lol

??? - ??? Mad Beatz by the amazing @j0nny54l1v3


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